Type 2 Diabetes

Eating more legumes (such as beans, chickpeas or lentils) as part of a low-glycemic index diet appears to improve glycemic control and reduce estimated coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.

New research points to the naturally produced protein apolipoprotein A-IV as a potential target for a new diabetes therapeutic.

New research finds that a single brain region is sufficient for normal control of blood sugar and activity level by the fat hormone leptin.

Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control.

Diabetics and patients with kidney disease often consume increased amounts of fluorides from fluoridated water, which can harm thyroid function, the body and the...

Stress management is important for good health for all Americans, but for people with diabetes it is especially beneficial. New research shows a real world group stress management program can result in significant benefits for those with type 2 diabetes by improving glucose metabolism, thus reducing blood sugar levels.

New findings in clinical and basic science transplantation research to be presented; results of a study that treated diabetic children with a combination of cells from a pig’s pancreas and testes, and findings from three separate studies with a common goal in mind: to wean organ transplant patients off all anti-rejection drugs less than one year after transplantation, defying the tenet that such drugs are required for life.

Many Latinos have eye diseases that may potentially blind them or impair vision, and type 2 diabetes hits Latino communities particularly hard.

Single hormone appears to regulate blood sugar in two different ways.

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have identified a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes, identifying a cellular pathway that fails when people become obese.

Potential for life-threatening falsely elevated glucose readings in patients who have received parenteral products containing maltose or galactose, or oral xylose, and are subsequently tested using glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH-PQQ) based glucose monitoring systems.

University of Manchester researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA by treating their foot ulcers with maggots.

Scientists have identified a key mechanism in neuropathic pain. This discovery could benefit millions of people with chronic pain from trauma, diabetes, shingles, multiple...

A recent study found that early, prolonged treatment with a certain diabetes drug may prevent or delay the development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adolescence.

In people with diabetes, diuretics work as well as ACE-inhibitors and calcium channel blockers in protecting against heart attack and improving survival, and offer more protection against congestive heart failure.

A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.